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Cable hidden fees add roughly $37 a month and about 24% to your bill, per Consumer Reports. See what is buried in the fine print and how to fight back now.
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A Consumer Reports analysis found cable companies add about $37 a month in unadvertised fees — roughly 24% on top of the average bill.
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A new Consumer Reports analysis found that cable companies add approximately $37 per month in unadvertised fees on a consumer’s bill.
The report looked at 787 cable bills from 13 companies including Comcast, Cox, Altice USA, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Frontier and more.
Using just company-imposed fees in the equation, Consumer Reports estimates that nearly $28 billion per year in fees is generated by the cable industry.
The report also found that an average bill contains more than 13 separate line-item charges which includes the fees noted above, plus line-items for the base package price.
Consumer Reports supports the TRUE Fees Act (Truth-In-Billing, Remedies, and User Empowerment over Fees) introduced by US Rep.
There is something consumers can do right now besides fighting cable price increases alone.
A Consumer Reports analysis found that cable companies add approximately $37 per month in unadvertised fees on a consumer's bill.
Consumer Reports breaks the added costs into premium services at $9.15, company-imposed fees at $37.11, government fees and taxes at $13.28, and miscellaneous fees at $1.17.
The report found that an average bill contains more than 13 separate line-item charges, including the added fees plus line-items for the base package price.
The TRUE Fees Act stands for Truth-In-Billing, Remedies, and User Empowerment over Fees.
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